PBC Sermons

Incarnation
20/01/2019

Epiphany 3 – Party Time

Epiphany 3 – Party Time

Today is the third Sunday in Epiphany! That may not be a phrase you might expect to hear in a Baptist church, but for the last two weeks we’ve been looking at the ancient church festival of Epiphany, where we remember how Jesus was revealed. Today, we’re going with Jesus to a wedding!  

26/02/2017

Flesh 9: Grace, Truth, and Cakes

Flesh 9: Grace, Truth, and Cakes

The title for the series we’re in, and the words in the series graphic, come from John 1:14, which in full says – “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and [ more… ]

19/02/2017

Flesh 8: God at Work?

Flesh 8: God at Work?

How do I do “God’s work” in my everyday job or situation? That’s the question we’re looking at today as we continue our series called “Flesh”, about the relevance and implications of incarnation for us – and the community we live in – today.

12/02/2017

Flesh 7: The Curse of Work

Flesh 7: The Curse of Work

We’re continuing a series this morning in which we’ve been looking at the “incarnation” – which is a big word for a deceptively simple concept, that God put on skin and became one of us. And if he did that, what does that mean for us as Jesus followers today?

05/02/2017

Flesh: 6 – Small and Silent

Flesh: 6 – Small and Silent

We’re continuing our series taking a fresh look at what God meant – in the context of Jesus’ birth and life – when he used the phrase “God with us”, and in particular what it means for us today as we seek to follow Christ and to bring his love to the community we live [ more… ]

22/01/2017

Flesh: 5 – How to be Human

Flesh: 5 – How to be Human

“Incarnation” is a word that we often use in church at Christmas, but we tend to forget about it for the rest of the year. We’re in a series called Flesh, looking at what the relevance of incarnation is for us every day. So if God became human, does that mean that we need to [ more… ]

15/01/2017

Flesh: 4 – Not the Christmas Sermon

Flesh: 4 - Not the Christmas Sermon

Wasn’t “Flesh” a Christmas series? Well, yes and no. The Christmas story is that God is with us, in a stunningly real and literal way; but that story doesn’t get packed away with the Christmas lights! So today we’re having “Not the Christmas Sermon”.

11/12/2016

Flesh: 2 – Bad News Good News

Flesh: 2 - Bad News Good News

This is the third week of Advent – the season of preparation and waiting for Christmas and the coming of Immanuel, God with us. We’re continuing a series today taking a fresh look at what God meant – in the context of Jesus’ birth and life – when he used that phrase, and what it [ more… ]

04/12/2016

Flesh: 1 – Nostalgic God

Flesh: 1 - Nostalgic God

This is the second week of Advent – the season of preparation and waiting for Christmas and the coming of Immanuel, God with us. We’re starting a series today taking a fresh look at what God meant – in the context of Jesus’ birth and life – when he used that phrase, and what it [ more… ]